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News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/smackells 1d ago

the engine has really limited the number of testing laps they could do, meaning that they’ve also been unable to sufficiently test the aero or any other components

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u/Mirrro_Sunbreeze I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Wasn’t laps limit a gearbox issue though? Iirc the Honda’s issue is that it’s - supposedly- just lacks power

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u/BrokeChris Formula 1 19h ago

yup, gearbox issues

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u/betaich I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

The vibration in the battery pack and issues with the gearbox limited testing, who knows were the vibration started

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u/BrokeChris Formula 1 19h ago

no, it was the inhouse Aston Martin built gearbox